Student Assistant, Innovation and Portfolio Excellence, Lyngby

Are you ready for a new beginning?
We need your talent, knowledge and dedication to better our world with biology.

Our purpose points the way
In Novonesis, we know that solutions rooted in biology can help solve humanity’s biggest challenges. Since we began more than a century ago, this has been our guide. It’s how we've gotten so far. And it’s how we'll impact the future. Now, more than ever, the world needs change. And with biosolutions, the possibilities for transformation are endless.

We’re here to better our world with biology.

Join us as our new student assistant
You will get a chance to learn about how decisions are made in a company and see how the data/insights you provide are impacting the decisions. You will interact with several stakeholders across the organization, such as R&D, Commercial Development, and Business Finance. You can expect a steep learning curve from day one, and you are guaranteed to develop a broad range of skills and network that will be highly valuable in your future work life.

Welcome to Innovation and Portfolio Excellence
You will join a dynamic and international team, consisting of 8 dedicated portfolio management specialists and innovation coaches. We are a part of the Innovation Project and Portfolio Management area, which consists of 45+ people, all passionate about driving innovation in the organization. The team consists of several different nationalities and we work across different countries. We deliver tailored innovation frameworks, processes, and tools for our colleagues working with innovation in R&D and ensure effective deployment through training, coaching, and networking. We establish a "single source of truth" for all portfolio and innovation-related (non-scientific) data, ensuring consistency and reliability. We ensure that technology and systems are in place, and we continually develop and push boundaries to make sure they remain fit for purpose and enable our organization to work as effectively as possible. We provide insightful, data-driven analyses and recommendations to support superior decision-making. We make sure that data is available to those who need it in a customer-friendly, clear and comprehensible manner.

In this role you’ll make an impact by:

• Supporting as a superuser of our PPM (project portfolio management) system (e.g. update system data, build guidelines to support users, internal customer support for our colleagues)
• Assist in improving data quality by establishing and maintaining processes for project data and time registration.
• Support on financial reports for our innovation project portfolios in PowerPoint and PowerBI to guide business decisions within and across Novonesis businesses.
• Support in updating a user-friendly SharePoint site to ensure everyone working on innovation projects and portfolios can have easy access to clear information on how we run innovation projects.
• Planning training sessions and courses (e.g., schedule courses, invite participants & speakers, reserve meeting rooms & social event spaces, prepare training materials, etc.)
• Supporting our area with ad-hoc tasks

To succeed you must:

• Speak and write English fluently.
• Be a master/graduate student with more than 1.5 years left until graduation or be in the last year of your bachelor. Preferably a student in business, finance, engineering, or science.
• Have strong and proven data-analytical and problem-solving skills. Must be able to work with data in Excel. Experience in PowerBI is a plus.
• Have strong coordination and structured & clear communication skills.
• Must be able to work in PowerPoint. Experience in building Sharepoint sites is a plus.
• Be proactive in solving problems and enjoy challenging yourself to learn new things.
• Be service minded and a good team player who is also able to work independently and take responsibility for key deliverables.
• Be flexible with work hours, but expect to work between 15-20 hours week (2-3 days a week). We are flexible with changed work hours during exam periods and with changing course schedules.

Location: Lyngby and Hørsholm.

Contact details: If you have questions regarding the position, please contact Pil Rasmussen at [email protected]

Application deadline: The deadline for applications is January 4th, 2026.

We will call for interviews after the application deadline, and you can therefore expect to hear more from us after this date.

Please apply online through our Recruitment System (note that applications by e-mail will not be accepted).

Could our purpose be yours? Then apply today!

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Want to learn more?
Learn more about Novonesis, our purpose, and your career opportunities at novonesis.com

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Location: Lyngby